I just read an interesting op-ed piece in the Boston Globe about shared parenting in MA.
Divorcemag makes a good case about the effects of fatherless homes and the lack of a father figure in a child’s life.
According to their findings, fatherless homes account for:
-63 percent of youth suicides
-90 percent of homeless/runaway children
-85 percent [...]
According to a report recently released by the Council on Contemporary Families, men’s contribution to household work has doubled over the last four decades.
An there is a lot of correlation to show that men gain better intimately when they help out around the house.
It often becomes a concern when married people develop close relationships with people of the opposite sex. Though experts say it is possible to maintain a healthy marriage while also possessing a friendship with a person of the opposite sex.
The trouble with opposite sex friendships is psychologically based in the sense that we [...]
An estimated 1 in 5 couples have sexless marriage, which therapists define as having sex less than 10 times a year. Experts say when couples aren’t having sex they aren’t connecting on a level that brings them closer together, which leads to conflict.
How do you set expectations so that both spouses are content with the [...]
Southwest Florida pastor Paul Wirth urged married couples in his congregation to make love every day for 30 days to bring a positive outcome to strained marriages in an effort to quell the rising divorce rate .
There is even a Web site that’s open to the public: www.30daysexchallenge.com
Single people are also taking the challenge [...]
When couples lose the routine and social web of their home life to move abroad, martial strains can become overbearing.
Often times, if the move is tied to a company in the US, a spouse may work extended hours to coincide with his or her American coworkers.
I recently read this article in [...]